Book - Impressionists' Palettes of Light - Patricia Railing

This little book reproduces palettes by several of the plein-air painters, describes the pigments they used, and includes short excerpts by the scientists whose work was the foundation of this new kind of painting - complementary colours, optical mixing, and pigment-colour correspondences.

It closes with colour swatches of the pigments, provided by the London artists' colourmen, L. Cornelissen & Son. This book will be of interest to art historians, collectors, students, conservators, and museum-goers.